My story
I left everything behind.
this is what i found.
I grew up in northwest Germany. Stable family, middle class, BMW at 19, apartment sorted, job at the city council. From the outside everything was fine. From the inside I was suffocating.
The break
At 25 I chose discomfort over comfort.
I ended a four-year relationship. Left my job. Sold my car. Gave up my flat.
My father stopped speaking to me.
I had no plan. Just a direction.
I went to Asia to learn from the best — handbalance teachers, movement practitioners, yoga masters. I trained with Remi Espuche, Yuval Ayalon, Matthew Smith, Andry Strong, Dylan Werner, Sondre Berg, Daniel Rama. I took what was useful. Left the rest.
The practice
20 years. one obsession.
Football from age 4. Parkour at 13. Then tricking, breakdance, capoeira, cliff diving, partner acrobatics, handbalancing, yoga. 800 hours of yoga teacher training across three traditions.
Two knee surgeries in 2015 and 2018. A torn meniscus in 2020 — doctors said remove it. I said no. I still train on it every day. Single leg backflips included.
Movement is not what I do. It is how I think.
The brand
Why mindsetoftheo. not movementoftheo
In 2019 I built the brand around my middle name — Theodor. A deliberate choice. Kevin was the person shaped by other people's expectations. Theo is who I chose to become.
The physical skills are visible. The real work happens in the mind. That is the part I teach.
Today — 1M+ Instagram followers, coaching clients worldwide, retreats across Europe, Asia and the Caribbean, resort residencies from St Lucia to Turkey to the Philippines.
None of it was planned. All of it was chosen.
What I teach
Movement. Control. Mindset.
Movement
Control
Mindset
Handstands, flips, breakdance, capoeira, parkour. Skills most coaches can't teach because they never learned them.
Strength, mobility, balance, coordination. The physical foundation that makes every skill possible.
Discipline, consistency, the mental game. The skill underneath all other skills.